Mumbai : Money Mantra an initiative by Business Television India (BTVI) received an astounding response from the audience in its opening chapter in Mumbai.

The evening kick started with Ms. Megha Tata, COO, BTVI sharing the success story of BTVI against all odds and how BTVI is constantly working towards adding value and these on ground initiatives are part of their plan.

The gathering then witnessed an enriching panel discussion on ‘How to navigate the turbulent headwinds of financial markets and grow your money’.

The panel had some of the sound financial minds on board including Mr. Abhimanyu Sofat, Head of Research IIFL Securities Ltd, Mr. Kalpesh Ashar, Founder, Full Circle Financial Planners & Advisors and Mr. Dhruv Rawani, Founder, GoalSIL.com and it was moderated by Mr. Muralidhar Swaminathan, Channel director, BTVI.

It was an elaborate panel discussion in which each one of the panelists stressed upon the importance of investing and the strength of compounding money. They shared how the current market situation is ideal for new investors to enter and how India being a developing economy will mostly have a bullish market in the long term. The panel even spoke about the different sectors and explained how one needs to plan his/her entry and exit from the market. The panel emphasized upon the fact how investing money needs patience, discipline and purpose. Panel further answered queries by every individual ensuring their all queries and concerned are answered. Over all it was an insightful and interactive session.

And at last Anuj Katiyar, Head of Marketing, Research and Branded Content at BTVI said “We believe that financial literacy is the need of an hour. People of the county need to be made aware how to Save, Invest and Prosper. Money Mantra is one of our initiative apart from The MF Guide and Financial Planner, that we have undertaken to empower our viewers. We will continue to bring #OpinionsThatCount to our viewers for their financially secure and bright future.”

The Mumbai chapter will be telecasted on BTVI on Saturday 27th October at 11.30 AM. Money Mantra will have its second chapter in Surat the coming month. The initiative will travel across all metro cities and will also take place in Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Surat and Kolkata over a span of next few months.